One of the remarkable features of the universe is that above a certain scale (about 1024 metres) it is highly uniform in structure. This degree of uniformity is an embarrassment to cosmologists.
According to relativity theory, there should be no causal connection between points separated by distances greater than c multiplied by t (where c is the velocity of light and t is the age of the universe). Extrapolating this back to the Big Bang suggests that the primordial universe was partitioned into about 1080 causally separate regions.
Nevertheless, all these disconnected regions had to expand at the same rate to maintain the observed degree of uniformity! Coincidence or co-operation?
Small wonder that Paul Davies (I hope the atheists know him) comments:“It is hard to resist the impression of something - some influence capable of transcending spacetime and the confinement of relativistic causality - possessing an overview of the entire cosmos at the instant of its creation, and manipulating all the causally disconnected parts to go bang with almost exactly the same vigour at the same time, and yet not so exactly co-ordinated as to preclude the small scale, slight irregularities that eventually formed the galaxies, and us.”
Friday, July 10, 2009
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Why do you have a problem with atheists (who I believe follow the 'religion' of atheism). Be so strong in your convictions that they do not rattle you. If you are a true believer, Mother Mary should come to you and tell you to "let it be".
I know that. I would never pick up a fight with a atheist. If it had been a case live and let live.
But the atheist are the ones who start the discussion every now and then, they are the ones who come up with their equations trying to prove that God does not exist.
They are the ones who are trying conversions.
It has to be an even playing field. What do I do if someone tries to tell me that my belief, faith and trust in the Almighty is stupid.
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